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Movies that feel likeHarvey (1950)

The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.

If you loved Harvey, the closest films we have are Nothing Left to Do But Cry (1984), Bedazzled (1967) and The Brand New Testament (2015). All three share Harvey's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Songs from the Second Floor (2000).

🍅 88% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Henry Kosterwittyplayfuldreamlike
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If Harvey hit the spot, these will too

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Nothing Left to Do But Cry
1984 · dir. Roberto Benigni
★ 7.6comedy · fantasy

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

Two 20th-century friends accidentally stumble into the year 1492, where they meet a charming teen and try to alter history.

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Bedazzled
1967 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 74%★ 6.7fantasy · comedy · romance

Both lean on dream logic more than on comedy

The difference: Leans harder into romance than Harvey does

A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.

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The Brand New Testament
2015 · dir. Jaco Van Dormael
🍅 82%★ 7.1comedy · fantasy

Witty fantasy, and it commits to that

God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, morally pathetic and odious to his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she decides to revolt against her dad...

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🍅 90%★ 6.9drama · comedy · fantasy

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Harvey does

An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.

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The Visitors
1993 · dir. Jean-Marie Poiré
🍅 31%★ 7fantasy · comedyPrime Video

Fantasy built on dream logic, twice over

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

After a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with his dimwitted servant, Jacquouille la Fripouille. Startled and perplexed by modern technology, the duo run amok, destroying cars and causing chaos until they meet Beatrice de Montmirail, an aristocratic descendant of the nobleman, who may be able to help them get back to 1123.

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Songs from the Second Floor
2000 · dir. Roy Andersson
🍅 88%★ 7.5drama · comedy

Witty comedy in both cases

A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.

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If I Were You
2006 · dir. Daniel Filho
🍅 13%★ 6.1comedy · fantasy

Both lean on play more than on fantasy

The publicist Claudio and the housewife and choral teacher Helena have been married for many years, but they do not understand and respect the feelings and view point of the partner. Claudio sees Helena as a shopper and "little teacher of a choral" and Helena sees Claudio as an insensitive and rough man. On the night before the fiftieth anniversary of Claudio, they changed places with each other.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 76%★ 6.6comedy · fantasyMax

Both run dreamlike where it counts

After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.

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Into the Woods
2014 · dir. Rob Marshall
🍅 71%★ 5.9fantasy · comedyDisney+

Both play comedy straight

In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.

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Monster Hunt
2015 · dir. Raman Hui Shing-Ngai
🍅 68%★ 6.1comedy · fantasy · adventure

The same fantasy instincts

Young monster kids try to make peace between the world of humans and the world of the monsters.

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The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 93%★ 7.6fantasy · comedy · romance

Comedy approached the same way

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

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Ghostbusters II
1989 · dir. Ivan Reitman
🍅 57%★ 6.6comedy · fantasyHulu

Fantasy of the same temperament

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

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